Metal can or receptacle for packing soap or other soluble materials.



N0. 698,l69. Patented Apr. 22, I902.

F. L. BABTELT.

MET AL CAN 0R RECEPTACLfFOR PACKI NG SOAP OR OTHER SOLUBLE MATERIALS. Afplication filed Aug. 9, 1901. (No Model.)

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FRIEDRICH L. BARTEL'I, OF BRISLINGTON, ENGLAND.

METAL CAN OR RECEPTACLE FOR PACKING SOAP OR OTHER SOLUBLE MATERIALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 698,169, dated April 22, 1902.

Application filed August 9, 1901- Serial No. 71,428. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH LUDWIG BARTELT, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 3 Kensington Place, Brislington, near Bristol, in the county of Somerset, England, have invented a certain'new and useful Improved Metal Can or Receptacle for Packing Soap or other Soluble Materials, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a can embodying my invention; Fig. 2, an under side plan View of the same.

The object of this invention is to pack soap and other soluble material-such as washingsoda, blue, disinfectants, &c.for use in the" household in such a form that they may be more conveniently employed than heretofore and whereby waste of material is prevented. Soap for the purpose named is usually out in squares from a bar and while in use is often left in the pail, where it gradually dissolves away. Washing-soda is usually kept in an open package or box and is taken out by handfuls and thrown into the washingwater, and so on, and thus a great deal more of the material is used than need be.

According to my invention only so much of the material as is required for the purpose in View will be employed, the excess moisture used to effect the dissolution will be drained 01f, and the material will be allowed to harden again until further required.

To carry out these objects, my invention consists in a metal can or receptacle of the construction hereinafter described and claimed.

I may here remark that I am aware disinfectants in the form of powders have been packed in cans from which the material has been shaken through-perforations in the lid; but my invention does not apply to such material, nor to such a use and isapplicable only for soluble materials of various kinds.

A can or receptacle embodying my invention is made with perforations or other openings in the sides at or near the end and of suitable size or shape, according to the nature of the material to be contained therein. The

top of the can is closed by a cover, with which I combine a saucer.

In order that my invention may be more readily understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying draw- I ings, before referred to.

dis a metal can or receptacle, or it may be a cylinder or body, which may be round,

square, or any other shape, and in the walls or sides perforations or other openings 19 are made. The top 0 is formed with an opening d to receive a recessedportion e of a cover or lidf. This lidor cover fWill be, preferably, in stamped metal and will have three or morebosses g formed therein,while the edge,which Will extend beyond the periphery of the can, will be turned up,so as to form a saii'cer h. When the can is filled,-the lid or cover is put on, the recessed portion 2 being forced into the opening d, so that it will be. firmly held therein. The opening (I has its edge turned inwardinthe form of a socket to give a firm holdto-the portion 6 of the cover.

'When it is desired to use the material, the

can is held by the bottom, and the saucer end is placed in the water and swished around a few turns. The can is then taken out, is held ina horizontal position to allow all the solution to drain off, and isthen placed upside down (resting on the little bosses,which will serve as feet) on a ledge or otherfiatsurface. By these means paint or polish will not be affected, as the saucer will catch any drainings,and the bosses or feet will not hold the moisture and so will not form spots on thepaint or polish, as is-now the case.

The lid should not beremoved when in use unless for the purpose of refilling the can.

By means of my invention great economy in the use of materials will be effected, be sides which many products can be used which if theyhad to be handled with the hands would be objectionable.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

- 1. A can having perforated sides and an opening within one end of its body and a cover which has arecessed portion to fit within said opening and the margin of which projects around and beyond the exterior of the body in the form of a saucer, substantially as herein described. 7

2. A can having perforated sides and having within one end of its body an opening the name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

F. L. BARTELT.

edge of which is turned inward in the form 1 of a socket and a cover which has a recessed portion to fit within the so-formed socket and the margin of which projects around and be- 1 5 yond the exterior-of the bodyin the form of :t

saucer, substantially as herein described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my Witnesses:

L. N. REDDIC, FRED G. HARRIS. 

